java.nio

Class ByteOrder

java.lang.Object

java.nio.ByteOrder

public final class ByteOrder
extends Object

Since:

1.4

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static ByteOrder	BIG_ENDIAN Constant indicating big endian byte order.
static ByteOrder	LITTLE_ENDIAN Constant indicating little endian byte order.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ByteOrder	nativeOrder() Returns the native byte order of the platform currently running.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the byte order.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

BIG_ENDIAN

public static final ByteOrder BIG_ENDIAN

Constant indicating big endian byte order.

LITTLE_ENDIAN

public static final ByteOrder LITTLE_ENDIAN

Constant indicating little endian byte order.

Method Detail

nativeOrder

public static ByteOrder nativeOrder()

Returns the native byte order of the platform currently running.

Returns:

the native byte order

toString

public String toString()

Returns a string representation of the byte order.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string

See Also:

Object.getClass(), Object.hashCode(), Class.getName(), Integer.toHexString(int)